#6565e5

Color #6565e5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 6.03 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6565e5

RGB

rgb(101, 101, 229)

HSL

hsl(240, 71.1%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 55.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.9%, 55.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(49.17, 35.84, -65.26)

LCH

lch(49.17, 74.45, 298.78)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.1893, 278.66)

HWB

hwb(240, 39.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5e565

Analogous

#65a5e5

#6565e5

#a565e5

Triadic

#6565e5

#e56565

#65e565

Split-complementary

#6565e5

#e5a565

#a5e565

Tetradic

#6565e5

#e565e5

#e5e565

#65e565

Square

#6565e5

#e565a5

#e5e565

#65e5a5

Shades

Color #6565e5 mixed toward black.

#3636dd

#2020bc

#18188d

#10105e

#08082f

Tints

Color #6565e5 mixed toward white.

#7f7fe9

#9898ee

#b2b2f2

#ccccf6

#e5e5fb

Tones

Color #6565e5 mixed toward gray.

#7070da

#7a7ad0

#8585c5

#9090ba

#9a9ab0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.55:1

White text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565cf · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#6565ca · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#65bcb7 · ΔE 38.9

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 27.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6565e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6565e5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6565e5 (#6565e5) is rgb(101, 101, 229) in RGB.

No, #6565e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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